Creating a Double Exposure
Process:
1. Open the two images you would like to combine in Photoshop. Depending on how you are planning
the images to merge, pay attention to the image size and resolution as well as if the images are horizontal or vertical. To make both images visible, go to Window>Arrange>2 Up Vertical.
2. Drag the one of the images onto the other image. You will see that the image becomes a new layer
in the layers panel.
3. In the layers box, use the slider to change the opacity of the photo so that you can see through the
image to the bottom layer.
4. If you images are not the same size, or if you want to alter scale, click onto Edit> Transform >Scale. Hold down the shift key as you drag the corner to change the size to make sure the proportions stay the same. You can also rotate the image here, as well as flip horizontal or vertical.
5. To make the images begin to blend and merge, experiment with options in the layer box.
Layers> Dissolve (or soft light, hard light, screen, - try them all out to see what works!).
7. If you would like to experiment with reversing, you can unlock the bottom layer by clicking
on the lock and it will become layer 0. Then you can drag the top layer underneath...change your opacity to see the way the images merge.
8. If you would like to add a fill layer with a color (this will get rid of the checkerboard transparency pattern), go to Layer>New Fill Layer. Make it a Solid Color, and then select the color you would like- this can add some nice tints, or you can simply select black or white. Drag this fill layer to the bottom.
You can also make a duplicate copy of the top layer (at 100% opacity) so you have a solid base. (Drag the duplicate to the background layer).
9. Once you are happy with the positioning and scale of the images together, you can use the eraser
tool to erase areas you do not want visible. Make sure you have the correct layer selected. Remember you can use the bracket tools to increase and decrease the brush size, and you can also lower the opacity of the eraser itself.
10. Save as a JPEG (this will flatten the image/merge layers) AND as a psd document in case you
would like to continue working on the double exposure.
11. Upload the finished jpeg or jpegs to your Weebly site under a page named “Double Exposure”.